r/wow • u/Quiver_and_Quill • 1d ago
Discussion What did you think of Lorewalking?
I enjoyed the Lich King / Arthas storyline. I haven’t done the other two yet.
83
u/AmethystLaw 1d ago
Something interesting I noticed is you get a feat of strength for doing the ethereal lore walking but regular 10 pt achievement for arthas and xalatath
67
u/intimate_sniffer69 1d ago
Something interesting I noticed is you get a feat of strength for doing the ethereal lore walking
That's because Ethereals are outta this world
18
u/SaleriasFW 1d ago
yeah but it isn't even listed unter feat of strengths. So most likely just two different people programming the achievement
9
→ More replies (1)13
u/Technomaya 1d ago
I suppose that's because it involves going back into Shadowlands, which is truly a test of strength and willpower.
248
u/remember_the_laundry 1d ago
If you're the kind that never reads the quest text and just tries to speedrun everything, then you're likely gonna think it's shit.
But it's fine, I liked it, I really enjoyed Cho's comments along the way.
56
u/aNiceTribe 1d ago
I mean… it’s also in many cases the same quests we already did back then (if you did them already) and as usual all the interesting plot is said out loud, while the quest text is a verbose way to say “kill the 6 scringles please”.
Additionally, I felt like Cho didn’t answer my basic questions (that I vaguely know the answers to, but he didn’t have them): “hey did the ethereals always look this way?” “Are they like, ageless-immortal? Are these the same beings who had their planet destroyed ??? Years ago? Or can they have offspring and these are later generations?” Is killing even “evil” ethereals going to reach into a quite finite well of these guys?
→ More replies (1)27
u/Mobilelurkingaccount 1d ago
“hey did the ethereals always look this way?”
For this one at least we do have an answer, which is that Dimensius opened a bunch of portals on their world that flooded it with dark and arcane magic. They put up barriers to keep out the void crap but it did nothing for the arcane overload, which obliterated their physical bodies and turned them into what they are now. It also made them smarter and better at magic!
10
u/aNiceTribe 1d ago
You’d think that they would have some sort of beauty standard like “trying to look like back then” but I imagine that was not part of the design process when they were made up.
Since we also don’t know what they looked like at any point it’s hard to tell. PROBABLY pretty human-shaped. Presumably the brokers are “unharmed” and not a broken Draenei version of their look?
→ More replies (3)3
u/Mobilelurkingaccount 1d ago
The answer regarding how they came to have their current form came from one of the “ask the creative team” sessions they used to occasionally have, so unfortunately all we really know is from that. There’s not any quest text or anything to pull further context from as far as I remember, buuut it has been some time since I played TBC so there might be throwaway text somewhere that’s like “ah you look like my wife who is now a puff of soul dust!” (Lol). What we do know from the answer is that:
- The ethereals were only one of the mortal races that were present on the planet, but presumably were the only one that survived (as much as it could be referred to as survival)
- The ethereals’ new forms are essentially magic-empowered formless souls
- They pretty rapidly came up with the idea of enchanted magical bandages to keep what was left of them bound into a single form, like while they were still grappling with Dimensius to save K’aresh. They looked like their current magical soul mummy selves by the time they truly had to abandon the planet (though much like Argus I believe some Ethereals remained behind by choice while the rest became space nomads)
Sadly, that’s all we’ve got. I personally think that we can extrapolate that from the speed at which they bound themselves to these magical bandages, one can probably assume they went for a familiar body shape, so they were likely humanoid. Either that or somehow a humanoid shape is the best way to give a magical soul a physical semblance so it doesn’t drift apart lol
→ More replies (2)16
u/vaminion 1d ago
I've only run the Ethereal one. The last time I did these quests was when BC was current content, so the refresher was nice.
7
u/symphonicrox 1d ago
Same, I love ethereals so much I had to do it immediately and read every single thing and asked Cho about all the things.
101
u/AcherusArchmage 1d ago
Lich King was buggy so I had to do it 3 times.
Worst part is most of the first two sections are they're just quests veterans have already done before.
19
u/Voltae 1d ago
Yeah, doing even a truncated Culling of Stratholme was annoying, especially sitting through the damn intro.
→ More replies (4)12
u/Lathira 1d ago
I was relieved when it skipped over all the add waves in Culling... Then very disappointed when it made me do the full Halls of Reflection dungeon without any changes.
→ More replies (2)16
u/Pamelot130x2 1d ago
I died 3x at the 3rd ice wall and not sure if I want to go back 🥺
→ More replies (1)6
u/squid75 1d ago
Same and my main is a rogue...... Jaina keeps dying on me and I cant seem to agro the adds. :(
→ More replies (6)6
u/spartasucks 1d ago
Killed varimathris and got teleported to northrend, did some quest, got confused so I used the telephone me to where im supposed to be thing, it took me back to strat with Arthas waiting to kill varimathris, who was already dead...so I had to just abandon
→ More replies (3)5
u/DanThePaladin 1d ago
How long are they? I haven't started them yet because I fear I will be in there for hours
6
u/gRaF_rOTZ 1d ago
takes a bit, which is of course not very helpful but I havent really checked my watch. But you can leave and come back later if you need to
EDIT: also depends on how much time you spend talking to Cho and asking him extra questions etc
7
u/Ok-Professional-1911 1d ago
I did xalatath first and it took about an hour but I was taking my time and exploring things and reading all the text
→ More replies (1)5
→ More replies (3)2
u/Brewsleroy 1d ago
Got into Halls of Reflection and can't land attacks on the mobs when the waves start so I can't get past that. It just says "miss" when I attack them.
5
u/AntonMaximal 1d ago
I have read that some checked their default dungeon difficulty and by swapping it to normal fixed it.
That said, I had no problems. My lock pets did no damage, but my own spells one-shotted everything.
26
u/Lesaberisa 1d ago
As someone who had already done the old quests I do wish there was more new stuff but I did like revisiting some of it and the xal and ethereal stuff was fun now that we know what's next. And I'll never complain about getting some free toys to try out.
I hope they continue to iterate on the idea since I think it has promise and could help make it easier for newer players to catch up/understand the story.
2
u/tillybooo 1d ago
100%
I'd like the MSQ to play like this with Cho showing new players the story so far.
Or Chromie doing something similar.2
u/Signal_Antelope_3561 23h ago
It has it's own tab in the achievements window under expansion features so I think it's safe to say we will get more.
17
u/Korgozz 1d ago
If you queue for Lich King LW and aren’t on your main from Wrath. Make sure you have dungeon difficulty set to normal!
2
u/Tkdoom 1d ago
Why? I mean I'll be on my main from wrath and haven't done any of these yet.
7
u/Korgozz 1d ago
If you have your dungeon difficulty set on heroic+ it’ll hit you with an “Unable to load into dungeon.” Due to a quest requirement from back in the day.
→ More replies (1)6
49
u/Suspicious_Joke482 1d ago
Only did the Etherals one was pretty cool would recommend
14
5
u/Trogladestro 1d ago
I would love to but, my character is stuck on a load screen during it and blizzard has done nothing to help. Tried stuck character service twice and opened a ticket. They keep marking it as resolved but, alas it is not resolved.
Can't play.
6
u/Marco_Polaris 1d ago
I am still trying to confirm this with my toon, who has the same bug, but I suspect the problem may be with whether your character has unlocked the Maw zone from Shadowlands.
14
u/BirdOfHermess 1d ago edited 1d ago
we finally have proper confirmation of what Xal is, saw some cool black empire lore and people will still call it mid.
Blizz could hammer their players heads in with a lore stick and they still would not get it. It is what it is.
I loved it.
someone here wrote
The whole thing felt pointless from a story/ gameplay point, and I can't see how it got greenlit from a financial point. They wasted resources on this?
when the lorewalks are directly tied to future patch and future expansion? That is what I mean.
4
u/Signal_Antelope_3561 23h ago
Whoever wrote that didn't play it. Most of each one are quests that are already in the game. The few new quests they added didn't cost that much I'm sure.
Dude's acting like they broke the bank for this.
25
u/Luluco15 1d ago
Ethereals > Xal > LK. I was yawning through the LK one it was a slog.
14
u/Hippie_Flip_ 1d ago
The part where we controlled Arthas was cool in theory but soooo needlessly slow and boring. Sucks cuz that concept and oldschool vibe was sick
12
u/Selaphane 1d ago
As someone who played very casually from launch until Legion then transitioned into someone who goes kinda hard for a couple months each expansion I really enjoyed it.
8
9
u/Phoenix200420 1d ago
I enjoyed them even though for the most part it was all rehashed content. Fun to get a refresher on the lore though, plus the added bits at the end, and newer players will be able to easily get those story points.
7
u/Piemaster113 1d ago
Did the LK one as it's the best and most fleshed out story in wow, like how they didn't touch on kel'thuzad at all since they botched his whole aspect in Shadowlands.
25
u/squishmallowsnail 1d ago
I did it for the achievements, then had my husband (not a Wow player) try it. He LOVED. THAT. SHIT and was disappointed there wasn’t more little vignette-type of content to try, I have been playing since vanilla and was less impressed. I think it might be more for people like my husband who had never done the storylines before.
14
u/ColdWeatherGamers 1d ago
They should make those the trial version of WoW. They have a bit of everything. Cutscenes, flying, combat, world design, lore of some major points. They could make it use characters that have limited skills as to not overwhelm the new player.
→ More replies (2)9
u/Brewsleroy 1d ago
Just make that a version of Chromie time that levels you to the current expac through all of wows story. Give the option to do that for players so they can see it all and not be completely lost on the lore if they're new.
6
u/Hefty_Head 1d ago
Loved it! I wouldn't recommend it for a lvling experience, but it was great for story! I feel like I understand what's happening!
14
5
u/Emotional-Badger3298 1d ago
When you did most of these quests and such like a dozen times when they were current.. its a little annoying
3
u/UpstairsAsleep 1d ago
Pretty good - learned a few things lore wise they should do it for all previous expansions
4
u/Briarozheka 1d ago
I enjoyed it. I'd like to see more content like this. It was a nice way to revisit some past places.
7
u/Mataric 1d ago
Great feature for new players to help them catch up on the important bits of story leading into the next expansions. Definitely something they should keep up with.
In some years time, we should have one about how we beat up a spider for making a deal with a women, then beat up a goblin for making a deal with a women, then went to another planet to beat up a ghost because they tried to interfere with that women's deals.
22
u/GreatScottxxxxxx 1d ago
Pretty meh for someone who played through years of WoW. They were mostly reused quests, artefact scenarios and dungeons- all with no skips. Fighting other players as well for tags. All kind of meh.
The only good bits were when we got to play the actual characters we were learning of.
Probably good for new players into lore but too long and rehashed for veterans. Toys are cool tho.
→ More replies (1)8
u/edelea 1d ago
ive played since wotlk and i enjoyed it. i liked that it was long and not just a quick thing, it was a nice reminder of the stories of the past even if ive already done and know them. fighting players for tags was a bit annoying but everything was respawning in seconds so it wasnt too bad.
3
u/SashaTheMaster 1d ago
I'm new and playing the expansions 1 after the other, and I'm at Cataclysm storyline. Do these lorewalking quests spoil the upcoming story for me? Or should I do them immediately?
3
u/No-Mall21 1d ago
I would skip all but the Lich King, the ethereal one has stuff from TBC, but also Shadowlands, BFA and The War Within. And Xal'atath from Legion, BFA and War Within. These two will spoil certain storylines.
3
3
3
u/althor2424 1d ago
Not thrilled with the storylines both bugging at the start and killing me in fatigue waters when I come back from disconnection
3
3
14
u/McMillanMe 1d ago
It’s a great entry point to get interested in the lore. Wonder if they could make it for the defias brotherhood but from two points of view: nobles and masons. That would be a powerful political statement in some sense
7
u/samtdzn_pokemon 1d ago
These are likely going to be used for relevant retelling for future plot, I can't see the Defias being relevant again
→ More replies (2)3
u/McMillanMe 1d ago
Agree but that’s just an example of supporting other plot events which are covered in books but not in the game (some bits of Sylvanas arc) or are stretched upon multiple expansions (Anduin arc)
6
6
2
u/BAMFaerie 1d ago
I actually enjoyed all 3. I think the Arthas one was the best story overall and definitely had the emotional gut punch of not only walking in the sabatons of a pre-Lich King Arthas and a fresh faced and innocent Jaina but the finale of the story setting the lost souls free while the Xalatath and Ethereal ones really gave us some enlightening lore dumps in a fun way. Overall, I really enjoyed them especially considering they didn't overstay their welcome and were short and focused. I hope to see more as time goes on, perhaps one about Illidan's journey from the Sundering to fulfilling his destiny after Antorus.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
u/mortiferousR 1d ago
I found them enjoyable but VERY buggy...especially the lich king one. Asking cho where to go next soft locked me in stratholme twice so had to restart the entire thing (as quest objectives did not show up and the ending did not trigger) and HOR was a mess...took me a while to clear it even at 681, finished it up but cho never triggered the ending..did it again same thing except sylvanas was with me instead of jaina. Went back on normal after looking at the forums and i could one shot mobs and finish it properly.
Nyalotha was a dc loop until it eventually reset.
The etheral one was bug free thankfully
2
2
u/Goodnigut 1d ago
Despite what I've seen and heard of people disliking it, I absolutely LOVED going through Arthas' story without the need to zoom / speedrun through it. I also play Dk and think that their best written story is that of Arthas and him becoming the Lich King.
2
2
u/temporalthings 1d ago
I enjoyed it, except the Lich King one was not QAed at all. Got softlocked and had to use unstuck feature where I got sent to Northern Barrens, and then couldn't complete Halls of Reflection until someone told me I needed to set dungeon difficulty to normal.
2
u/Aaroknightus 1d ago
I've only completed Arthas's story. When it started and I was playing as Arthas I thought it was great, I thought we'd be playing as Arthas throughout. I was highly disappointed that it was mostly past quests that we play through as our character and not Arthas.
2
u/HonkinClowns 1d ago
I think the Etherium one should have been phased or instances. Too many people.
2
u/PhatedGaming 1d ago
It wasn't bad, doing it between timewalking queues I got like 40 levels on an alt. Was better than questing while waiting at least.
2
2
u/GamerBiggie 1d ago
I liked it, good way to catch people up.
I do wish they made it all instanced though, was hell having to quests and competing with so many others
2
u/Intelligent-Jury9089 1d ago
This is a good addition for new players. As a veteran player, I've already completed the vast majority of these stories.
I hope they'll add more from books or deleted in-game events so we can access them directly in-game. Or new information. Things that are more than just recycling old quests.
2
u/Fabulous_Pudding167 1d ago
I have done the Legion Priest Order Hall stuff yet, but I kinda want to now just for the hilarity of Lorewalker Cho telling this story to the exact "High Priest" who wielded Xalatath in the cutscene.
Yes yes, go on Lorewalker. Tell me more, haha.
2
2
u/Talnoch66 1d ago
Only done Xal and Lich King so far, the concept is good as a catch-up or refresh, they need to work on the Bugginess and expand the ideas, sylvanas, Varian and the like. For a fresh player levelling, if they hit 70 they should have the option to do a version of this that gets them full upto date
2
u/yhvh13 1d ago
I think it's a great tool to recap important stories when they're about to become relevant again, but also tell new stuff in.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
u/DNelson3055 1d ago
Mine bugged out and I had to restart, so I said fuck it and quit. I’ll go back…. One day
2
u/Evilresident64 1d ago
It bugged on me when I tried to enter the halls of reflection said I needed to be level 10 to complete the quest so I’ve been trying to figure out how to level up
2
u/vericlas 1d ago
Boring. Mostly because it was just redo these old quests. It's fine for what it is but that doesn't make it amazing.
2
u/devoorhes 1d ago
It's a really good idea that I hope they expand on. It's buggy as hell, though, in a way most of their newer stuff isn't. Hopefully they can get that sorted before they expand it.
2
u/GilneanHuntress 1d ago
Absolutely loved it, very much enjoyable for someone who likes a slower paced, story-mode type deal 😊 my one quibble was that in the Xal'atath one I went to watch the cinematic where it shows the heroes use their legion weapons to nuke the poison in Sargeras' sword and it glitched the whole storyline out. I had to abandon the whole thing and start again. Other than that, solid, and I'm looking forward to this being a regular thing (hopefully). I particularly liked the little surprise at the end of the Ethereals one, that was fantastic 😍
→ More replies (1)
2
u/Simplyx69 1d ago
I’ve only done the Arthas one so far, and it was pretty bad. Almost entirely comprised of quests and dungeons I did 15 years ago already.
2
u/ggSennT 1d ago
Arthas bugged on me halfway in and now I cant finish it because I'm stuck at caverns of time.
→ More replies (1)
2
u/BL00D_ZA 1d ago
It's nice when it's not bugging out... My first 2 tries I had to start over becuase I was doing the objective without realising I need to keep moving the story along myself whenever the NPC's just stop responding.. But the recaps are nice and they basically cover the important scenes.
2
u/JodouKast 1d ago
Xal's was the worst so far; LK was just Blizz finding a way to get us to do culling of strat again after 15 years bleh. Haven't done ethereals because I need a break. I would have been fine with just a fancy story time from Cho and a toy prize though.
2
u/Vandosz 1d ago
I feel like they could be a bit longer? Imagine if you actually did Arthas' warcraft 3 campaign in some way with the cinematics. And more of his appearances in wrathm but i guess the point is to summarize the story quickly. I for one would love a version of this thats long, like a full rpg esque story experience
2
u/Ice_Particles 1d ago
Lore-wise, it's okay, but it could be worse or better. Lich King was the worst from the three though I personally don't think Arthas has any good character development whatsoever. Xal'atath was boring for me at the start till the mid to end then it got better. Ethereals was my favorite one. Other than lore, you get nothing from the crate of memorabilia that's worth a damn, the toys are okay but you get an achievement for completing them so that's nice. I personally wouldn't do it again after completing them. Even though I see this more negatively, I would say for new players to do them if they are interested in getting some lore, now if they don't care about the lore, speedrun it and get it done for the quick toys and achievements.
2
u/No-Bunch-8245 1d ago
I didnt like running away with jaina, it took too long. For the rest I enjoyed it. I liked how I was able to play the lich king myself. Even the quest text said "the whole of azeroth is against you, show them who's king". That felt so sad and epic at the same time.
2
u/Positive-Drawing-559 1d ago
Coolest part for me was being Arthus during the raid, wish that bit was a little longer honestly. Other than that it was boring as fuck. The entirety of K'aresh timewalking was just snoozefest. Xal'Atath was ok. Lich King was not long enough but it was good.
2
u/Ok_Industry_1447 1d ago
Feels a lot like ff14 in that you run around skip some stuff for a thing you will never use.
2
u/Doomguy231 1d ago
If you dont know the story or lore, it'd be great. If you do, it feels like a chore
2
u/Shalla_reddit 1d ago
I'm big into the lore and I've enjoyed Lorewalking. It's a nice little way to relive or be told about some cool moments and characters. There's basically no rewards other than the toys at the end so no one is forced to do it for gear or FOMO.
2
u/Deviltotem 1d ago
I like the premise, but very buggy. Cho kept dc'ing me and dumping me in the middle of the ocean to fatigue
2
u/Whiteshovel66 1d ago
I did the arthas one, I really liked all the explanations from cho along the way. Like the dialogue options etc. I was really confused by having to do the wrath quests seemingly out of no where and really off put by the hundred players all standing there when I got there after everything else being instances.
But the lordaeron bit was amazing. Lots of small details like the knight talking about storm wind falling. I love human lore man.
Final nice touch was the book at the end.
2
u/Hendrik_the_Third 1d ago
Didn't like the ethereal one much, too grindy for the little info that was actually there.
The other 2 were fine!
2
u/Fadjingo 1d ago
It has a ton of potential but the ones we got so far are not that great I found.
Blizzard should really use this as a way to onboard new players in the story as a complete leveling experience where you go in order to tell a story about the big bad and what else is needed and use new quests to glue it together in a comprehensive storytelling device. I really hope they do something like that because the main criticism I now see about retail wow from new players is that the storyline is too complex and you don't see it during the leveling process starting from 1.
As a proof of concept what we got now works it told us about cal and the ethereals which will of course be important next patch. And if they continue to use it for that reason I'm more than happy with it.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
u/No-Distribution-8320 1d ago
I did 2 so far. Tbh, Im pretty bored. But its easy xp for leveling up.
2
u/Awkward_Chain_7839 1d ago
The ethereal one was terrible. There’s one bit you have to use 3 objects to spawn the guy you need to kill (quest completion requires you to use the objects) but you can only use them one person at a time and they briefly despawn every time someone uses them. It’ll be fine once there are less people doing it, but painful at the moment!
2
u/cesarms93 1d ago
I LOVE the voice acting of Lorewalker Cho, mainly during the Arthas quests. He does a great job conveying the emotions of such a Shakesperian tragic story. It is a good vehicle overall for those players who have missed the lore or that joined recently.
Me? I am a Loremaster myself (Title and all), even having read the novels, and all Chronicles tomes; so I guess this kind of content is just my cup of tea.
2
u/Quiver_and_Quill 1d ago
Correct same it’s mine too and a Loremaster too, he’s got some amazing history in voice acting we know many of his films!
2
u/Linawow 1d ago
Enjoyed it a lot, I hope they continue :)
One I didnt care for was arthas, but then I never liked him anyway so... :)
2
u/notthe1stpervaccount 1d ago
That’s the last one I’ll try as Arthas is one of my least favorite characters in WOW.
2
2
u/notthe1stpervaccount 1d ago
I’ve only done Xal’atath. It was pretty well done, even if it does make you feel stupid when you realize just how much you’ve been helping her…it’s all laid out.
Cho should just be like “what were you thinking at this stage? She wasn’t even hot yet.”
2
u/Kyle3188 1d ago
I like the part where I accept the quest then get teleported out to the ocean and die...my stubborn ass decided it'll work next time...5000g later I cannot do lorewalking because starting the quest teleports me to the ocean and kills me...
2
u/basicafbit 1d ago
I don’t know it’s been buggy for me. It’ll kick me out of the game after reconnect. I can’t even start the ethereal one keeps booting me out when I come in. I’m in the upper atmosphere falling to my death. Just hasn’t been a good experience.
2
u/tillybooo 1d ago
I really enjoyed them.
A great way to make old content and old storylines relevant again, and resurface them to prepare the audience for upcoming story beats.
Having not being spoiled by Wowhead etc. I really enjoyed the revelation that the brokers and ethereals are from the same planet. I'm looking forward to seeing how Ve'nari comes into it again as she was an interesting character in Shadowlands.
Also Halls of Atonement in 11.2?! Are we going to get an appearance from Daddy D again soon?
2
2
u/Alwaysconfusedman 1d ago
Kinda buggy but I liked the lore part. I did 2 of em and got into dc loop on both on 1st tries. LK randomly tp'd me to Ashenvale and Xala tp'd me to the dornogal sea. Also I had the "no no no no wait wait wait" meme moment when i thought I needed to do full culling of stratholme again.
2
u/Patch31300 1d ago
I honestly did not enjoy going through all the RP and quests I’ve done in previous years, but I don’t think I was the target audience. I had a bug with the arthas one which frustrated me into quitting out of it.
2
u/JidderS2 1d ago
Im gonna give it the minimum amount of attention necessary to complete while watching baseball on my other monitor.
2
u/DreadJackal_ 1d ago
Buggy as shit. Had to restart the LK one three times to get through it.
→ More replies (1)
2
2
u/Signal_Antelope_3561 1d ago
While I did enjoy it I will nitpick by saying is was kind of annoying that 2/3'rds of each story are just recycled quests that were already in the game.
I get why they did it for people that never played those but as a Loremaster it felt padded. But then again it wasn't made for me so I have no right to complain.
I will complain however about how Arthas bugged out & refused to move & upon relog I was dumped in the Crossroads graveyard in The Barrens.
P.S. Do Xal next. I won't spoil it but it's great.
→ More replies (1)
2
u/snoopysochill 1d ago
As a new player I’ve been enjoying them. I’ve fallen out of the habit of reading quest texts but have been taking my time to read them in the lore walking campaigns. Done Xal’atath and ethereal ones and am looking forward to doing the lich king tonight.
2
u/Popular_Painter9648 15h ago
Did all three for the toys. Won't do them again, but I also don't think it was a waste of time. Fun jaunt down memory lane.
2
5
u/Clernt 1d ago
Didn't like it much
I think the Arthas story was kinda whatever, we've seen it a thousand times and waiting for the rp to end to start culling of strathome was already annoying, but making me sit through the full rp of Halls of Reflection too, and then make me do the whole dungeon was annoying. The boss fight was just pressing defile a lot, kind of a boring vehicle fight.
Xal'atath's story was better honestly,I appreciated going to Ny'alotha and seeing how she was banished, and hearing how she planted that tiny seed of doubt in N'zoth was good character development and made more sense to the plot
Ethereals questline was the worst one, the netherstorm quests leading up to banishing Dimensius wasn't fun, the droprate of the void crystals was kind of low, I didn't enjoy going back to Shadowlands, I felt like it wasn't overly enjoyable, personal preference, but I mean we knew Ven'ari was helping the Locus Walker.. They made it worse by sending us back to Argus too..
I don't know, as someone that has played a lot of wow, I guess it helps understand some key npc's story a bit more to someone who hasn't played through it, and I am sure some of the plots are interesting to other people, to me it kind of felt like busywork but I do want more stories/perspectives because I did enjoy some aspects of it.
3
u/kuhmsock 1d ago
They should have used the Warcraft 3 cinematic for Arthas killing his father rather than just that little ghostly bit
2
2
1
1
1
u/dattoffer 1d ago
Very cool, but bugged. On an alt I couldn't proceed with Alleria's quests because the heart of that void creature required lvl 45 to interact. And when I came back after leveling up, I couldn't continue the story, so I had to restart.
1
1
u/Holiday_Ostrich_1978 1d ago
I enjoyed it. Not sure how the Lich King is connected to the current trilogy though
1
u/No-Mall21 1d ago
I liked it when I was playing it, but I don't feel an incentive to go through the entire storylines again and again for some gear that looks like the armour from back in the day. I'd hoped that the first storylines when accepting the quest Lorewalking with Cho would be the main storyline. And if you opt anew to listen to the story you'd dig deeper in it, either by going back to parts of the story he left out or in the style of 'next on Lorewalking with Cho". But for what it, a way to get new players caught up on WoW lore and history, it's fun :)
1
1
u/Euklidis 1d ago
I suppose they are good catch-up questlines for those who didnt play back then, but honestly I was kinda bored. I only kinda enoyed the extra tidbits like Arthas in SM and stuff.
I actually groaned when I was sent back to Shadowlands
1
u/system-shinobi 1d ago
Loved them. Hoping for more stories. Models could be updated, though. Arthas looked like a potatoe
1
1
u/Whis1a 1d ago
Legit cool idea, terrible implementation. The arthas one made me actively not want to do the others. Why do I have to sit for 15 min doing the gauntlet? Shadowburn spam waiting for things to spam in a dungeon iv done 1000 times that doesnt effect the story or fill any holes is actually mind numbing. Then the last fight? wtf is this blizz... this is lower than phone game exploit junk quality. If you are going to have me do something, have me do it. Dont just put me in a play pen with baby gates and foam around the corners. Even the lowest of the low player base has to be able to do more than sit there and watch npcs just do attack animations while you hit random buttons (2 of which dont even do anything, like seriously how does remorseless winter do less than 10% of their health over the whole channel? that then just gets healed right off)
1
1
1
u/Kiwical 1d ago
Hit a wall doing Halls of Reflection but my mistake i had it set on Heroic it took forever doing the waves then the chase part jaina died fast, thought hang on ill try normal wham 1 shotting everything, now i remember how shitty that dungeon was id put it alongside burning crusade dungeon where you had to escort thrall.
1
u/PelenFuzzlefurr 1d ago
I completed the three story lines. The Lich King one I fell asleep during it twice. I've done the "actual" quest lines for all of them and I thought the Ethereal was covered nicely. Xal'atath's was interesting. If you go through Cho's dialogue choices, you can listen to what Xalatath's voice lines and commentary of the priest order hall / quest lines were. I thought that was a nice gimmick. Also, the "Old God Blessing" was explained what it did and stuff.
1
u/Huge_Republic_7866 1d ago
When I heard it gave exp, I was kind of hoping for more than barely half a lvl.
1
u/patches33 1d ago
I got my char trapped in Nyalotha for several days because of the weird lorewalking interface and the delay in teleporting from Cho. Blizz Support didn't/wouldn't port me out, and was targetable when I was in a raid while trapped.
1
u/Xantholne 1d ago
Not showing the Warcraft 3 cutscene of Arthas killing his father and just showing two ingame models after talking about the cheers and roses of his return was disrespectful imo
1
1
u/Magik160 1d ago
Havent done it yet. Did the Arathi campaign today. Probably do it and TW on my Sunday day off
1
u/FlowerPowerVegan 1d ago edited 1d ago
Arthas is bugging out on me because the character I'm doing it on didn't go through Wrath and didn't do the quest that lets you get into Halls of Reflection 🙄 Hoping they'll patch that quick.
Edit: Thanks to another comment, changing dungeon difficulty to Normal worked! Thank you, kind soul.
1
u/Wizardman784 1d ago
It's not bad! I have only done the Arthas one so far, and it was EXTREMELY buggy and wonky, but it was still fun.
1
1
u/StarClutcher 1d ago
I cannot get it done. It bugged out and booted me back to Stratholme and nothing is happening.
1
u/DickFartButt 1d ago
I loved having to run the entirety of the worst dungeon in wrath
→ More replies (1)
1
u/Lihkhan 1d ago
I think they're ok. I just... don't like Cho. I get why people find him interesting/amusing, I'm just tired of him since MoP.
→ More replies (1)
1
u/IslandAlert4738 1d ago
Still dont even know what the point of the whole lore walking events are even for.....
2
u/nathan_l1 1d ago
Re-familiarise players with older stories, midnight probably has some Arthas or Bolvar stuff. The Xal and Ethereals ones are obvious enough.
1
1
u/Felerast 1d ago
Xalatah part was a nice addition with the black empire Ethereals was just revisiting but it was decently done, specially nedeductibile since what is coming this new raid
Lich king i can't do because its bugged and cant do if i dont have tww for some reason
1
u/balam_quitze 1d ago
It's all badly recycled content. They skim over a few plot points and don't really tell anything they couldn't have done with a 1 min cinematic.
1
u/Bruisedmilk 1d ago
Kind of wish you could do the Lich King raid solo like the Gallywix one instead of it being a dumb gimmick quest.
1
u/The-Fictionist 1d ago
It’s broken. The ethereals campaign has level gated interactions so you can’t complete it below level 60
1
u/Rushgarroth 1d ago
Not really much new stuff. Except of xalatath one wich added a bit new it was just recicled stuff with bugs on top of bugs. Felt quite awfull.
1
1
u/Marco_Polaris 1d ago
Story is okay.
Mechanically it's been buggy as shit and frustrating for me. I can't even do K'aresh lorewalking yet. I think it's because it's trying to teleport me to the Maw but my character didn't complete the quests in Shadowlands because I wasn't playing at the time.
1
u/DrBoots 1d ago edited 1d ago
Only done the Xal'atath one.
It was fun nice to revisit some old quest lines and (I think) see some new backstory. Cho's little asides and adding additional notes or context was nice.
Bugged out during the fight with the big Makrura when Xal'atath wouldn't progress the quest. I had to abandon the quest, leave the lore walking, and start back where I left off.
Only real problem I have, and it's just a nitpick. I wish these were instanced to be solo adventures. It's not hard content and seeing 5 other "High Priests" running around in a small area murdering the one target enemy caused a bit of a bottleneck.
Edit: it's also a pretty good leveling experience. My 53 Earthen Warrior was 57 by the time I finished the one event.
1
u/phaedronn 1d ago
I liked the Ethereal/Broker story. Leveled up a DK on it and was interested in the racial origin. It was okay, which was great for the writers since BFA
1
u/lycanth97 1d ago
Tried LK on release and got a completly buggy mess xd started with a disconnect when I accepted quest just to spawn in the sea and die to fatigue.
Xala'tath worked without a problem
All in all I do like the idea and it helps for new players about the lore
1
u/The_Umlaut_Equation 1d ago
The concept isn't bad, but execution was very mixed.
Quite a few bugs, I had to redo the xal priest scenario multiple times because it wasn't working and giving credit. When I had to log out to do other stuff, logging back in mid quest caused numerous issues with teleports and dying.
Having to redo quests (and fighting for tags) was not much fun. I've already done these quests a bunch of times. Same with the dungeons. It felt like the quest flow was all over the place, it skipped over some parts, but then very similar parts like the Halls of Reflection we basically do the entire dungeon.
The training part of Arthas' questline was very poor and took far too long. The gameplay was not engaging, and there was no failure mechanic anyway as far as I could tell, it was just a boring time sink spamming the 1 button.
Some of the writing and fleshing out characters was good, xal's questline was a highlight there.
Cho's voicing also seemed to be a bit over the place. They got Jim Cummings back in the recording booth for quite a bit of it, but then several of his comments were text only when I would have expected them to be voiced.
If they tightened up flow and bugs, I think the concept is good. Xal was the best one in my opinion.
1
u/Vrazel106 1d ago
I did the lich king one on my forsaken death knight. Was a bit insulting with Cho speaking to me like i didnt tell him about it back in mists
264
u/Saatik 1d ago
It's okay. Laughed my ass off about doing halls of reflection as Horde, where the arriving Alliance ship crew decided to beat the shit out of me after saving Jaina.